Life Dungeon Game

As he pulled a Gauss pistol from his quick-draw pocket and aimed it at the other man, he reached out to pull Albert, who was standing right next to him.

In that instant, he felt his thoughts pause for a moment.

At this moment, Eber's attention was entirely focused on Ilya Ann in front of him.

"Eber, what do you want to do?"

Ilya's cool voice rose slightly, and as soon as it rang out, the maid instantly recovered, her high chest heaving as she gasped for breath.

“Ms. Illian, I’ll just visit your church,” Albert glanced at Illian, took a step forward, and a terrifying pressure enveloped the surroundings, making the solid church walls seem to be squeezed open with fine cracks. “I’ll just take a look and leave.”

Ilya's eyes, veiled by black gauze, looked in Eber's direction. "I don't want to entertain guests today. Commander Eber, please leave."

Her voice was like the cold wind of a silent night, carrying a hint of chill even in the bright sunlight. This chill dispelled Albert's oppressive aura, and the two faced each other, 'staring' at one another.

The sun rose high in the sky, casting a long shadow of the church between Albert and Elijah.

Albert slowly lifted his foot and stepped forward.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred!

Albert suddenly turned his head to the side, and in the bright sunlight, a red light streaked across the sky, passing right above Albert's head.

That hidden C-grade!

Albert's foot was suspended in mid-air.

He raised his head and suddenly exclaimed, "Imprisoned!"

A huge, transparent cage appeared out of the void, about to trap the red light inside in an instant.

Albert had anticipated the battle; the cage was positioned slightly in front of the red light. If the opponent attacked him, they would inevitably fall into the cage and be trapped.

However, the red light actually grazed the edge of the cage, and even stepped on the cage in mid-air to gain momentum, jumping to the side.

The other party didn't intend to attack him; he misjudged the situation!

Albert instantly realized that if the target wasn't him, then it could only be...

He suddenly reached out and pulled Yaz beside him.

But it was too late. Az gripped his Gauss pistol, aimed it at the figure in the sky, and yelled, "Die!!!"

However, before he could pull the trigger, a handful of pebbles rained down from the sky.

These pebbles, like high-speed bullets, instantly pierced Yaz's already weak body, shattering his internal organs. The enormous impact caused his body to involuntarily lean backward and crash to the ground.

The stones precisely damaged his body, but did not kill him instantly.

He collapsed to the ground in agony, gasping for breath.

Blood continued to flow from his body and throat; his life was clearly about to be completely lost, beyond saving.

With trembling hands, he raised his hand and looked at Albert in front of him, "Help me... glug... help me..."

Albert didn't even glance at him, and started to chase after the red light.

Only living traitors have value.

At that moment, someone was faster than Albert. A chilling aura hindered Albert's movements, followed by a woman's clear, cold voice, "Commander Albert, weren't you going to sit in my church? I'm intrigued now."

During that brief moment of obstruction, the red light vanished without a trace.

Albert turned his head and glanced at Ilya Ann with a gloomy expression. He knew that Ilya Ann dared to invite him, which proved that there must be no problem inside.

He snorted coldly, walked back to the mercenary group, and said to the mercenary group leader who was rushing over, "Chase him, he can't have gone far."

Ilya looked in the direction of the car's engine sound, seemingly watching Albert leave. Then she turned back to the direction where the red light disappeared, and sighed softly, "A heroic young man, what a pity..."

The maid pushed her into the church.

The people around slowly walked away.

Yaz lay alone on the platform in front of the church, staring blankly at the bright sky.

Blood continued to spill from his shattered body, and waves of pain assaulted his mind.

It seemed like he hadn't experienced this kind of pain in a long time.

When was the last time?

It seems like they were desperately covering their teammates from the miners' mutual aid group as they moved.

At that time, Watson was bleeding from his chest, and he carried him on his back, struggling to move forward through the thick snow.

Ellen stood behind them, continuously firing to cover their escape.

The old foreman, his body hunched over, led the way.

The pursuers were getting closer and closer, and he tried several times to ask Watson to put him down, but Watson carried him even tighter.

Ellen would call him an idiot, a bastard, brainless, and only good for getting excited, but she would stand firmly behind him and shield him from the bullets of the pursuers.

He reached out, trying to grasp that snowy night from his memory, but he couldn't hold on to it no matter what he did.

The clear sky was gradually covered by dark clouds, and a cold wind swept across the sky, causing light snowflakes to fall.

A municipal sanitation vehicle stopped, and two men in sanitation work clothes got out of the vehicle, lifted the frozen body lying in front of the church, and threw it into the back of the vehicle, which was full of corpses.

The driver rubbed his hands together, exhaled a puff of smoke, and put a cigarette in his mouth.

As the first sparks of light rose, the vehicles gradually disappeared into the misty snow.

-

"Thank you."

He Ao walked out of a small clothing store, changed into a newly bought overcoat, put on a bowler hat, brushed the snowflakes off his shoulders, and disappeared into the bustling market.

There will be an extra chapter tomorrow; this storyline is coming to an end.

Chapter 378 Chaos (Part 2)

Killing Yaz had always been part of Heo's plan.

This instance seems to be more difficult than the previous ones He Ao has experienced, both in terms of the difficulty of the investigation and the challenges encountered during the investigation.

Rock City is a completely new map, and most people here have never heard of K. Dawn City to the south seems like another world to them.

The mining conglomerates and the municipal governments controlled by them constitute their entire world.

This city is very similar to Kaya City, except that in the Kaya City instance, Heo is the uncrowned king of Kaya City, while in this Rock City instance, he has to deal with the uncrowned king of this city.

In fact, the mining conglomerate in Rock City has much stronger control over the city than the Nolanca Group. They have connections in both the legal and illegal worlds, and the real power behind the conglomerate is the mayor of Rock City.

Therefore, He Ao must try to unite with worthwhile forces, for only by giving can one receive.

However, the assassination of Yaz was actually more dangerous than Heo had imagined.

The jump from D to C is one leap, but the jump from C to B seems to be an even bigger one.

After reaching C-level, the strength of two adjacent levels does not seem to be as close as it was before, below C-level. He Ao can no longer guess what kind of power the other talent sequences of the next level will possess based on his current level. The gap between talent sequences from different paths is widening.

Heo's original plan was to try to shatter Yaz's consciousness directly from a distance through mental interference.

With his current masterful control over his super memory, and relying on his powerful soul force, he can already cripple or even kill some weaker D-ranks through his mental power.

However, after Heo activated his super memory vision, he was shocked to discover that Az's soul seemed to be protected by an invisible 'fence'.

The fence originated from Albert, and seems to be an extension of Albert's power.

Albert is not only strong in combat, but also possesses a certain skill for protecting his soul.

None of the superhumans He Ao had encountered before possessed this skill; his mental interference was always effective.

He observed the fence briefly and realized that even with his full-force attack, he could only penetrate a small portion of it, causing only a minor mental disturbance to Yaz, but not enough to inflict further damage.

And his attack would inevitably be discovered by Albert, thus exposing his existence.

Although Heo might be able to escape, it will be much more difficult for him to kill Yaz next time.

So He Ao changed his plans and adopted a risky approach.

He discovered that although his powerful attacks were blocked by the soul barrier, he could still use small amounts of force to bypass Eber's senses, penetrate the barrier, and interfere with Az's soul.

This operation requires extremely subtle control and a stable mindset, which may be difficult for ordinary mental superhumans, but it is not difficult for He Ao, who has mastered the control of his super memory.

However, he was not in a hurry. He first grabbed a handful of pebbles and waited for Eber and Ilyan to clash. When Eber was focused on Ilyan, he deliberately led Az to discover him.

Then he channeled a small amount of spiritual power through the gaps in the soul barrier into Yazfa.

The moment he launched his attack instinctively, he interfered with Az's soul, causing Az's thoughts to momentarily fall silent, preventing him from calling out to Eber.

Immediately afterwards, he leaped up, pretending to attack Albert. In the instant Albert's attention was drawn, he struck and killed Yaz, then left without pausing.

Because Eber had already clashed with Ilyan and was very close to her, Ilyan, as expected, briefly hindered Eber.

This brief obstacle was enough for Heo to leave calmly. By the time Albert caught up, Heo had already turned into a small alley.

It's a bit of a pity about Yaz's D-rank talent sequence. If Yaz's body had fallen into the hands of the Miners' Mutual Aid Association, they probably would have brought out his talent sequence. But at the time, only Albert and Ilya were present.

Eber seems to look down on Yaz, so he might not be willing to collect Yaz's body. Therefore, the body will either be collected by Ilya Ann or by the municipal cleaning services.

As is customary, municipal cleaning services employ specialists or FBI agents stationed abroad to identify the bodies of superhumans.

Therefore, if it falls into the hands of municipal cleaning services, it is equivalent to falling into the hands of the municipal government or the FBI.

"call--"

He Ao exhaled a breath of white air, looked up at the gloomy sky, and saw snowflakes drifting in front of him.

The weather changed very quickly. It was sunny and bright in the morning, but snowflakes started falling in the afternoon, and the temperature seemed to drop quite a bit.

This is a market in the northern part of the city, where a bustling crowd moves about.

Although Rock City is a resource-based city, the benefits brought by its vast resources are irrelevant to the vast majority of its residents.

Mining conglomerates may be very wealthy, ranking among the top fifty in the Federation, but most Rock citizens at the bottom earn only two or three hundred federal dollars a week.

Such an income is not enough to sustain the consumption of consumer goods imported directly from the south.

Therefore, markets filled with secondhand and cheap goods are very popular in Rock City, and such markets exist everywhere.

These markets are mostly run by small vendors without business licenses from the municipal government. The reason for not having business licenses is simple: to avoid paying taxes.